Historic Newspapers: The 20th Century
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Item #695534THE DETROIT NEWS, Feb. 8, 1955
* Georgy Malenkov quits
* Nikolai Bulganin takes over
* Premier of the Soviet Union
The front page has a nice banner headline: "MALENKOV QUITS !" with lead-in: "Bulganin New Premier" with 2 related photos. Nice for display.
Complete with 42 pages, light toning and a little wear at the... Read full description -
Item #695527THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 19. 1947
* Jackie Robinson's 1st home run
* 1st Negro in Major league baseball
* Brooklyn Dodgers "The Bums"
The sport's section (page 10) has a two column heading: "Bums Given Rush At Polo Grounds" with subhead and box scores. Text includes: "Jackie Robinson, the Dodgers'... Read full description -
Item #695524CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, December 1, 1934
* Helen Boucher killed
* French aviatrix - pilot
* Airplane crash accident
The bottom of the back page has a two column photo headed: "French Woman Air Record Holder Killed"
Page 8 has a small and discrete one column heading: "French Aviatrix Killed in Crash; Held Altitude Mark"... Read full description -
Item #695516SPORT'S SECTION ONLY (Sunday) of the New York Times, February 3, 1929
* Babe Ruth playing golf photo
* New York Yankees spring training
* St. Petersburg, Florida
Page 6 of this section only has a rare photo showing Babe Ruth playing golf in Florida with text that reads: "Babe Ruth Starting His Spring Training on the Links at St.... Read full description -
Item #695514THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 22, 1943
* Warsaw Ghetto Uprising ends in failure
* German occupied Poland - Nazi atrocities
* Jewish resistance - Jews
The top of page 4 has one column headings: "JEWS' LAST STAND FELLED 1,000 NAZIS" "Battle in Warsaw Ghetto Was Aided by Armed Squads of Polish Guerrillas" "More Slaughter... Read full description -
Item #695513CHICAGO SUNDAY TRIBUNE, January 2, 1944
* Rose Bowl: USC Trojans vs. Washington Huskies
* Orange Bowl: LSU Tigers vs. Texas A&M Aggies
* Sugar Bowl: Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets vs. Tulsa
* Cotton Bowl: Texas Longhorns vs. Randolph
The front page of the sport's section has a nice banner headline: "U. S. C. OVERWHELMS... Read full description -
Item #695511THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 23, 1923
* SS Leviathan transatlantic ocean liner
* Sets new speed record
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Leviathan Sets New Speed Record for Liners, Steaming 5 Hours at Rate of 28.04 Knots" (see)
Complete with 26 pages, light toning and minor wear at the margins, more so along the spine,... Read full description -
Item #695508SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, March 17, 1940
* Bellaire, Ohio disaster
* Willow Grove coal mine
The front page has a small one column heading: "22 Bodies Taken Out of Mine; 22 Still Trapped" with lead-in: "Tragic Blast" See image for brief text here.
Complete with 40+ pages, light toning, small binding holes along the spine,... Read full description -
Item #695481THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., May 3, 1957
* Joseph McCarthy death
* U.S. Senator (Wisconsin)
The front page has a nice headline: "SEN. M'CARTHY DEAD AT 47" with subheads and photo. (see) He was noted for making claims that there were large numbers of Communists and Soviet spies and sympathizers inside the United... Read full description -
Item #695478THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 14, 1944
* Formosa Air Battle - Philippine Sea
* United States Navy - Fast Carrier Task Force
* Imperial Japanese Navy - Army
The front page has a nice banner headline: "100 JAPANESE SHIPS HIT, 396 PLANES WRECKED IN 2-DAY CARRIER PLANE ATTACK ON FORMOSA" with subheads. Nice for display. Related map on page 7. Always... Read full description -
Item #695476THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 4, 1936
* Jesse Owens & Olympic team welcome home
* Broadway, Manhattan ticker-tape parade
* Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia presents
* 1936 Berlin, Germany Summer Olympics
The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "OLYMPIC STARS GET WELCOME OF CITY" with subheads that include: "121 From the... Read full description -
Item #695475THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 10, 1947
* Jackie Robinson - Brooklyn Dodgers
* 1st Negro MLB baseball player
The sport's section (page 16) has one column headings: "ROBINSON REVEALS WRITTEN THREATS" Dodgers' Negro Star Told in Anonymous Letters to 'Get Out of Baseball'" See images for text here. This event was... Read full description -
Item #695474ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, March 14, 1939
* Physicist Albert Einstein
* Creation of the Universe
* Theory of Relativity
The front page has a one column heading: "EINSTEIN REPORTS SOLVING RIDDLE OF GRAVITATION" with subhead. (See)
Complete with 28 pages, light toning, some wear and binding holes along the spine, otherwise... Read full description -
Item #695429THE DETROIT NEWS, March 20, 1923
* The Israelite House of David religious commune
* King & Queen Benjamin and Mary Purnell
* Benton Harbor, Michigan cult
The front page has a one column heading: "PURNELL FRAUD, SAYS WITNESS" with subheads. (see) I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no... Read full description -
Item #695428THE NEW YORK TIMES, October 12, 1944
* Battle of Aachen, Germany
* World War II - WWII urban fighting
* 1st city on German soil to be captured
The front page has a nice banner headline: "AACHEN BLASTED AFTER DEFYING UNTIMATUM; GERMANS REPORTED FLEEING THE BURNING CITY" with subheads and related map. (see) Nice for display.
Complete with 42... Read full description -
Item #695427FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. May 24, 1962
* Project Mercury-Atlas 7 space flight
* Astronaut Scott Carpenter - Aurora 7
The front page has a banner headline: "Carpenter Sighted on Raft In Atlantic" with subhead and photo of Carpenter. (see)
Complete with 36 pages, light toning at the margins, nice condition. -
Item #695426FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass. June 4, 1962
* Air France Flight 007 disaster
* Orly Airport, Paris airplane crash
* Atlanta, Georgia tourists
The front page has a four column heading: "Probers Seek Cause Of Jetliner Crash In Which 130 Met Flaming Death" with lead-in: "Paris Tragedy Worst Single-Plane Disaster In History" with... Read full description -
Item #695417THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 19, 1944
* Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
* German occupied Poland
* Jewish resistance - Jews
The top of page 5 has one column headings: "POLE TELLS STORY OF GHETTO BATTLE" "Nine-Day Conflict in Warsaw Began Spontaneously, Says Underground Courier", "Germans' Losses Heavy" "3,000 Jews Used... Read full description -
Item #695410THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 7, 1943
* Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
* German occupied Poland
* Jewish resistance - Jews
The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "Battle Is Reported In Warsaw's Ghetto" with subhead. (see) Coverage on the Warsaw Ghetto uprising in German occupied Poland. I suspect news such as this was kept secret... Read full description -
Item #695388THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 21, 1940
* William Ernest Carter death (1st report)
* Controversial male RMS Titanic survivor
The top of page 25 has a one column heading: "WILLIAM E. CARTER, TITANIC SURVIVOR" with subheads. (see) Mr. Carter got caught up in the finger pointing associated with being a male Titanic survivor and... Read full description -
Item #695386LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, April 5, 1955
* Sir Winston Churchill
* Resigns as Prime Minister
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "CHURCHILL IS EXPECTED TO RESIGN HIS POST AS PRIME MINISTER TODAY" with subheads and related photo. (see)
Complete with 40 pages, light toning and at the margins,... Read full description -
Item #695385THE NEW YORK TIMES, January 20, 1936
* Chipley, Washington County, Florida
* Tornado disaster - Fort Payne, Alabama
The front page has a one column heading: "TORNADOES KILL 17, INJURE 40 IN SOUTH" with subheads. (see)
Complete with 40 pages, rag edition in nice condition. -
Item #695378NEW YORK TIMES, Feb. 8, 1940
* Disney's animated movie "Pinocchio"
* Introduced to the World
Page 18 has the first review of the new animated movie from the Disney Studios, "Pinocchio". This was their second animated movie following on the heels of the wildly successful "Snow White and... Read full description -
Item #695373THE DETROIT NEWS, May 30, 1928
* Chrysler Corporation and Dodge Brothers merger
* American automobile - automotive manufactures
The front page has a two column headline: "$450,000,000 STOCK INVOLVED IN MERGER" with subheads. (see) Lengthy 1st report coverage continues on page 2 with related photo. Great to have from the home of the... Read full description -
Item #695371THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 6, 1930
* Pitcher Vernon 'Lefty' Gomez
* Very 1st MLB baseball victory
* New York Yankees vs. Chicago White Sox
The sport's section (page 35) has a four column heading: "Yanks, Behind Gomez, Beat White Sox" with subheads, photo of Gomez and box scores. (see) First report coverage on Lefty... Read full description -
Item #695283THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 28, 1965
* Post Selma to Montgomery march
* Martin Luther King Jr. & Civil Rights
* re. Viola Liuzzo murder - memorial service
The front page has a six column headline: "Wallace to Blame, Top Ala. Aide Says" with subheads. Also a two column heading: "200 Protest Slaying in March at Selma" with photo. (see) More... Read full description -
Item #695181SECTION 11 (sports) only of the New York Times, Feb. 10, 1929
* Ray Conger defeats Pavoo Nurmi "Flying Finn"
* Wanamaker Mile run race - Millroade Games
The front page of this section has a one column heading: "CONGER BEATS NURMI IN MILE AT GARDEN" with subheads. (see)
Complete section 8 only with 10 pages, a little... Read full description -
Item #695180LOS ANGELES TIMES, Feb. 18, 2010
* Lindsey Vonn wins Olympic gold medal
* Women's alpine downhill skiing race
The front page has a four column color photo with heading: "2010 Vancouver Olympics" Much more in the Winter Olympics section.
Complete with all sections (60+ pages) great condition. -
Item #695178THE GREENSBORO PATRIOT, April 6, 1933
* End of Prohibition in America (1st report)
* Beer - liquor returns
* Airship Akron disaster
The top of the back page has a one column heading: "BEER ON SALE IN 19 STATES" with subhead. Other news of the day including a front page, 1st report on the USS Akron airship disaster.
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Item #695176THE DETROIT NEWS, Sept. 29, 1962
* 1st satellite put into space by Canada
* Alouette 1 launch (1ST REPORT)
The front page has a one column heading: "Canadians' 1st Satellite Put in Orbit" with a subheads. (see)
Complete with 22 pages, small library stamp in the masthead, a few small binding holes along the spine, generally nice. -
Item #695174CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, January 22, 1935
* Gilberton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
* Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Company
* Colliery explosion disaster
* Lindbergh baby kidnapping murder case
The top of page 9 has a one column heading: "11 MINERS KILLED BY BLAST, GAS IN PENNSYLVANIA" with subheas. (see) First... Read full description -
Item #695171THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 26, 1931
* Al 'Scarface' Capone vs. United States
* Contempt of Court trial starts w/ photo
The front page has a one column heading: "CAPONE PUT ON TRIAL; COURT ROOM GUARDED" with subheads. (see) First report coverage continues inside with photo of Capone. He would be found guilty and be sentenced to Cook... Read full description -
Item #695147LOS ANGELES TIMES, Sept. 21, 2005
* Simon Wiesenthal death (1st report)
* Jewish holocaust survivor - Nazi hunter
Near the bottom of the front page is a three column heading: "Nazi Hunter Loyal to the Dead" with subhead and photo;. (see) Much more inside with more related photos and loads of text.
Complete with all sections (100+... Read full description -
Item #695144THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 5, 1944
* Charlie Chaplin acquitted
* Mann Act - Joan Barry
* World War II - WWII
The front page has a one column heading: "CHAPLIN ACQUITTED IN MANN ACT CASE" with subhead.(see)
Complete with 36 pages, rag edition in nice condition. -
Item #695134THE RUSSELL DAILY NEWS, Kansas, Dec. 21, 1956
* Montgomery bus boycott ends
* Racial segregation to integration
* Civil rights movement - MLK
A landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court outlawed bus segregation throughout the country, doing much to create defiant reactions throughout the South. The new law went into effect on... Read full description -
Item #695122THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 8, 1931
* Early Jewish Holocaust prediction ?
* Sterilization of certain races plan
* Nordic race to dominate World ?
* Adolf Hitler about to change Germany
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "'Nazis' Would Assure Nordic Dominance, Sterilize Some Races, Ban Miscegenation"... Read full description -
Item #695105THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Extra, October 17, 1934
* Alice Speed-Stoll kidnapping for ransom
* Found alive and returned home
* Thomas H. Robinson, Jr.
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "Mrs. Stoll Taken Home Safely After Rescue by U. S. Agents; Maniac Is Sought as Kidnaper" with subheads and photo of the suspect.... Read full description -
Item #695104THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, July 29, 1934
* Marie Dressler death w/ photos
* Stage & screen actress
* Silent film - depression era
The front page has a three column heading: "Death Overtakes Marie Dressler at the Pinnacle of a Great Career" with large photo of Dressler. More on page 8 with banner heading and more photos.
Complete 1st section... Read full description -
Item #695103THE DETROIT NEWS, March 13, 1923
* The Israelite House of David religious commune
* King & Queen Benjamin and Mary Purnell
* Benton Harbor, Michigan cult
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "''EXPOSE' BORES BENTON HARBOR'" with subheads. (see) I suspect this to be an extremely rare... Read full description -
Item #695079THE ALBUQUERQUE MORNING JOURNAL, New Mexico, Nov. 9, 1912
* Jack Johnson - World Heavyweight Champ
* 1st Black American to hold title (1910)
* Locked up even though he offered to pay bail bond in cash
Page 3 has: "JACK JOHNSON LOCKED UP IN DEFAULT OF $30,000 BAIL," with related article which tells of his arrested for... Read full description -
Winston Churchill speech summarized...
Item #695077FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Extra, Massachusetts, April 28, 1925
* Winston Churchill speech summarized
* Great Britain returns to the Gold Standard...
* Paul von Hindenburg's election breaks tradition
The front page has a very nice near-banner headline: "CHURCHILL BUDGET SPEECH STATES BRITAIN RESUMES GOLD STANDARD," with subhead,... Read full description -
Item #695076LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 23, 1997 (1st 4 sections)
* Giovanni Maria "Gianni" Versace - funeral
* Famous Italian designer
* Murdered by serial killer Andrew Phillip Cunanan - targeting gays
* Elton John, Princess Diana, & other celebrities present
The front page shows Elton John and Princess Diana at the... Read full description -
Item #695075CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 29, 1935
* Abyssinia Crisis heightens
* Kingdom of Italy
* Empire of Ethiopia
The front page has a one column heading: "ETHIOPIANS KILL 40 ITALIANS IN CLASH AT NIGHT" with subhead. Related photo on the back page.
Complete in 26 pages, this is the rare rag edition that was produced on very high quality newsprint, with... Read full description -
Item #695072THE NEW YORK TIMES, December 3, 1931
* Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan
* California Institute of Technology
* Cosmic rays & breaking down the atom
The front page has a one column heading: "MILLIKAN PICTURES SHOW ATOM SMASHED" with subheads. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 56 pages, light... Read full description -
Item #695071LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass. March 18, 1940
* 1940 Brenner Pass meeting
* Austria & Italy border - Alps
* Adolf Hitler & Benito Mussolini
* re. Bolshevik Russia agreement
The front page has a banner headline: "Hitler and Ill Duce Confer At Brenner Pass" with subheads and two related photos. (see)
Complete with 8... Read full description -
Item #695068THE HAYS DAILY NEWS, Kansas, Jan. 22, 1989
* Ted Bundy - American serial killer
* Women - young girls rapist - murderer
* Florida State Prison - Close to execution
Within the masthead is a small photo of Bundy with sentence. (see) The top of page 5 has a four column heading: "Bundy admits to 9 murders, lawmen say" He would be... Read full description -
Item #695052LOS ANGELES TIMES, October 26, 2002
* Richard Harris death (1st report)
* Irish actor and singer
* Best title to be had ?
The front page has a small photo with tiny heading: "Richard Harris Dies" Page 18 of section B has a banner headline: "Richard Harris, 72; Irish Actor Described as an and a Giant of the Old School" with 4... Read full description -
Item #695046CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 14, 1937
* Thomas Garrigue Masaryk death
* Czechoslovakia founder & 1st President
The front page has a one column heading: "Masaryk Dies; First Head of Czech Nation" Photo on the back page. (see)
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 34 pages, rag edition in very nice... Read full description -
Item #695005CHICAGO SUN-TIMES, March 5, 1980
* John Wayne Gacy trial
* Serial "killer clown" sane ?
* Best title to be had ?
Here is a issue re. the discovery of John Wayne Gacy's crimes in a Chicago suburb. The top of page 4 has a banner heading: "Amateurs to decide Gacy sanity" (see)
The top of page 9 has a another... Read full description -
Jesus Revolution... Pirate's Cove too small for Harvest Festival Baptism... Death of Pearl Bailey...Item #695001LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 18, 1990
* "Jesus Revolution" connection
* Harvest Crusades... Pastor's Greg Laurie & Chuck Smith
* Baptism crowds too large for Pirates Cove
* Death of beloved entertainer Pearl Bailey
Page A30 has: "Thousands... Read full description
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